January 22, 2001
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2001: Commitment and Renewal By Nancy L. Kuharevicz From left to right, Michael A. Rodriguez, legislative staff attorney in the Chicago office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and federal judges Algenon Marbley and Denise Page Hood conduct a panel discussion on civil rights Jan. 15 in…
January 22, 2001
Individuals marched through part of campus at noon on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 15) to support affirmative action and integration. The march began at South University and Forest avenues and continued to the Diag, where organizers held a rally. U.S. Rep. John Conyers spoke on ‘Continuing the Struggle for Equality: Why We Stand…
January 15, 2001
By Kara Gavin Health System Public Relations Two rows of MRI images–conventional images on top, diffusion images below–from one of the two human subjects in the U-M study show the difference in information given by the two techniques. The top scans show the changes in size of the 13-year-old female patient’s brain tumor from before…
January 15, 2001
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Nisbet Kenneth J. Nisbet has been appointed director of technology transfer, effective Jan. 15. Nisbet will assume leadership of the Technology Management Office (TMO), as well as share oversight of the satellite technology transfer programs at the Medical School and the College of Engineering. He previously served as…
January 15, 2001
By Sally Pobojewski Health System Public Relations Carly Knazze, a member of the U-M women’s track team, is a sophomore from Southfield. Runners like Knazze have a secret weapon—high levels of a protein called parvalbumin in their skeletal muscle. Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services The same protein that helped Maurice Greene become the…
January 15, 2001
By Kara Gavin Health System Public Relations Sieving U-M ophthalmologist Paul A. Sieving has been named director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), the arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that funds and oversees much of the nation’s eye research and education. Sieving is currently the Paul R. Lichter Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics…
January 15, 2001
Martin W. Slobin Martin W. Slobin, adjunct lecturer in behavioral sciences and social sciences at U-M-Dearborn, died of natural causes Dec. 6 in his campus office. He was 55. Slobin had taught numerous classes in sociology and political science since joining the Dearborn faculty in 1979. In 1999, Slobin received the campus’ Distinguished Teaching Award.…
January 15, 2001
By Lee Katterman Office of the Vice President for Research Ulaby According to the traditional measures of U-M research and scholarship, fiscal year 2000 was very successful, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, vice president for research, told the Regents at their December meeting. U-M research expenditures reached $545 million in FY 2000, an increase of 9.1 percent…
January 15, 2001
By Valerie Gliem Health System Public Relations A U-M study has found that elderly women with disabilities–whether married or single–receive fewer hours of care from their family members than their male counterparts. Women, the traditional family caregivers, may not be given the attentive care they often provide to others when their physical condition worsens in…
January 15, 2001
By Vivian Byrd Human Resources/Affirmative Action Reimbursement account participants will find it easier to file claims and receive payments this year. Effective Jan. 1, SHPS, a company that specializes in processing and servicing claims, is handling claims processing for health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, also known as flexible spending accounts. The company has…
